Travel Guide Myitkyina

Emeritus botanical explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward passed through the Myitkyina region more than twenty-three times during his tribulations in Southeast Asia. This region has fascinated more than one traveller. Most people who travel to Myitkyina believe that they can observe the Ayeyarwady at its source... False! The Ayeyarwady has no source: it is born from the meeting of two rivers, a micmac that can be observed 32 km from the town. Recently reopened to travellers, take care to inform yourself about the geopolitical situation before departure. Beyond the conflicts, the attractions of the capital of the kachin state are not negligible. Pleasure of the eyes, in the very animated local markets, excellent observatory to discover the life of the multiple minorities of which 60 % of Kachin, then Lisu, Indians, Gurkha, Rawan, Lishaw, which populate the area, pleasure of the senses by the various citrus fruits to be tasted, pleasure quite short in front of the fascinating spectacle of the river